Hoke has reached out to UCLA OC Noel Mazzone

I know this could go in the Borges is out thread, but I figured itd get lost in the pile of comments. According to Steve Lorenz at 247, Coach Hoke has reached out to Noel Mazzone who is currently UCLA's OC. I think this would be a great hire.

I assume you're talking about 2011? I hate to break it to you, but exactly zero linemen from that game will be on the team next year. So in essence, that was already building toward "absolutely fucking nothing."

Hundley and pretty much that whole offense are coming back (I think Evans is a senior and they may lose an OL early to the draft, but that is it). Unless we really dropped gobs of money on the guy, making that move to join a staff that is maybe gone in a year if he doesn't produce a big turnaround (and on a team that loses Lewan/Schofield/Gallon) seems unlikely.

If he comes, it will be because of money. UCLA is notoriously cheap, and Borges was among the 3 highest-paid OCs in the country. Mazzone would be getting a significant pay bump coupled with a dramatic decrease in cost of living.

"Michigan: It will be interesting to see if former USC head coach Lane Kiffin, Chicago Bears wide receivers coach Mike Groh or former Tampa Bay Bucs quarterbacks coach John McNulty emerge in Brady Hoke's search for a new offensive coordinator. Groh previously served as the wide receivers coach at Alabama before joining Marc Trestman's staff last off-season."

Based on what? From the look of things, Hoke liked and respected Borges and didn't want to embarrass him in season. Whether he was forced to or not is something that you don't have a clue about, or anyone else aside from those inside the program.

I think that's the third post like this I've read today. There's something a little odd about the notion that people over 50 don't have anything useful to offer. Maybe if you're lucky you'll never reach that age.

Did a quick read of his bio, only thing that really stood out is that (like Borges, really) he's been a career journeyman with never more than a few years at each stop. And the trajectory hasn't always been up - on the other hand he's generally had success in his latest return to college coaching, with two seasons each at ASU and now UCLA.

From UCLA's offensive stats this year, a couple things stood out: first, a 4.73 YPC and an 8.3 YPA. Not stellar, but not bad (Michigan was 8.2 YPA and 3.44 YPC). Had two clunker games against Oregon and Stanford (14 and 10 pts, respectively) otherwise scored at least 31 pts in every game. He liked to spread the ball around: 3 players rushed for over 500 yards, and 6 players had at least 20 carries (a seventh had 18). 9 players had 10 or more catches, with a 10th having 9 catches. Plays were 58% run.

He very carefully used the word anticipate. He said he didn't anticipate any staff changes. In my experience, when someone parses their words that carefully, there is a reason. You have to pay attention to the details, and read between the lines.

Brady Hoke is in a very high profile leadership position. He said exactly what needed to be said, and no more or less. I tried making this argument countless times over the past several weeks, to little avail.

While I've commented numerous times on Hoke's brand of inarticulate and generally uninformative speaking style, there is absolutely zero reason for him to discuss player decisions or staff decisions in public before the decisions are made. Fans do not have a right to know inside stuff, regardless of how many years they've had season tickets or how much money they donate to the athletic department.

Just kidding. I understand your point but I took it to mean that he intended to bring them back but that maybe he would lose 1 to a promotion at another program. Hard to believe he anticipated bringing Borges back.

Going after Mazzone seems to be aiming a little low, especially after looking at his history and stats. This is the perfrect opportunity for a home run hire and Michigan certainly has the money if nothing else to make that happen.

But I just don't see it...anybody who is known or is that big is either on their way to a coaching gig or would be in a year or two... Were gonna end up with a young up and comer ( preferred) or gramps.

We all complain about how the Big Ten never makes a splash with coaching hires despite the fact that we are the richest conference. Pay top dollar and get a game changer. It'll be well worth the investment.

This would be a great hire, IMO. I don't know all the ins and outs of the guy's offense, but he has seemed to do a great job at UCLA. I also don't know how much direct involvement he has with Hundley's coaching, but that kid has turned into a pretty darn good QB. I think he might be able to help Devin do the same.